Cone's toe lifts Bruin jayvee to win

Tuesday

Henry Cone earned the distinction Monday as having the Most Valuable Toe in Bartlesville’s junior varsity football victory Monday.

Cone booted two extra points and two field goals (43, 32) to help power the Bruins past Skiatook, 20-18, in Skiatook.

But, Cone wasn’t the only MVB (Most Valuable Bruin) on the night.

Quarterback A.J. Archambo tossed one touchdown and ran for another, and Qemar Gray intercepted a two-point conversion — and made a regular interception, as well — to also fuel Bartlesville’s winning effort.

In addition, Jordy Williams stripped a ball from a Skiatook player to set up the possession that resulted in Cone’s 43-yard field goal; Jacob Dickson also recovered a fumble and Martin covered up the ball on Skiatook’s last-gasp onside kick attempt.

All-in-all, the Bruins displayed more spit than polish, more grit than shine.

The game opened up with the Bruin defense forcing Skiatook to punt on its first possession, Bruin coach Kyle Ppool said.

That defensive stand and shanked punt set up Bartlesville’s first touchdown, on a pass from Archambo to Martin.

The ebb-and-flow evened out for a while until Skiatook scored, on a fade route reception, and pulled within a point, 7-6.

In the second quarter, Archambo ran a quarterback keeper and bolted into the end zone for Bartlesville’s second score. Cone’s extra point put the Bruins up, 14-6, which is where the score stood at halftime.

In the third quarter, Skiatook connected on another aerial score, but missed the two-point conversion, and trailed, 14-12.

For the following few minutes "there was not a whole lot going on," said Ppool. "We converted some nice third downs and fourth downs. Chad Gonzalez made some nice catches."

The Bruins managed to pad their score on Cone’s field goals — which turned out to provide the winning difference in the game.